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Today on News 7 at 5, a report that a human being has been cloned for the first time is being greeted with some skepticism, and concern.
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and a Roanoke man charged with channeling money to Iraq is free on bond.
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[Weather-Head]
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Warmer weather heads our way for the weekend after some mountain flurries tonight. I'll have your hometown forecast.

[Medical-Head]

[ANCHOR=Shannon]
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Forget the lotion, keeping your skin smooth may be as simple as what you eat.
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and a senator's SON is slightly injured in a plane crash in Tennessee.
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Stay with us, News 7 at 5 starts right now.

[5-Cloning]

The government is taking a look at a company that's claiming to have produced the world's first human clone.
Clonaid (KLOHN'-ayd) is linked to a group that claims aliens created all life on Earth.
Drew Levinson reports.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Hollywood, FL; :00]
[SUPER=01-Brigitte Boisselier/Scientist; :08]
[SUPER=@levinson1; :15]
[SUPER=01-Jonathan Moreno/Ethicist; 1:08]
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[OUT Q=STD]
(( (LOCATOR: HOLLYWOOD, FL)
IF DR. BRIGITTE BOISSLIER IS RIGHT, CLONAID JUST HELPED CREATE THE FIRST
CLONED HUMAN.
(SOT: DR. BRIGITTE BOISSELIER/SCIENTIST )
"I am very pleased to announce that the first baby clone is born."
(STANDUP: DREW LEVINSON)
"Boisselier is a French Chemist and part of a sect who claims the earth
was created by extra-terrestrials and cloning leads to Eternal life.
That group is called the Raelians.
(SUPER: FILE)

THEY'RE LEADER--RAEL SAYS ALIENS VISITING IN THE 1970S REVEALED THEY
CREATED ALL LIFE ON EARTH THROUGH GENETIC ENGINEERING.
AND IT'S THAT GENETIC ENGINEERING BOISSLIER SAYS LED TO THE BIRTH OF
THE SEVEN POUND CLONED GIRL NAMED EVE.
THE MOTHER IS A 31-YEAR OLD AMERICAN WHO DONATED HER DNA.
(SOT, BOISSELIER, ``The parents are happy. I hope that you remember them
when you talk about this baby and not like a monster.'')
THE HUMAN PROCESS IS SIMILAR TO THE 1997 CLONING OF DOLLY THE SHEEP.
THE CONTENTS OF A WOMAN'S EGG ARE REMOVED AND THE DNA OF THE PERSON
BEING CLONED IS PUT INSIDE AND THEN IMPLANTED IN THE WOMB--THE RESULT
WOULD SUPPOSEDLY BE A CLONE.
(SOT JONATHAN MORENO/ETHICIST)
"These are people who have basically told the scientific world to take a
hike."
ETHICIST JONATHAN MORENO IS ONE OF THE MANY SKEPTICS. HE ADDS THE
LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES FOR HUMAN CLONING ARE NOT KNOWN YET.
(SOT MORENO)
"We know from farm animals that they've had problems with their
neurologic systems, that they've had tumors""
SO FAR CLONAID HAS OFFERED NO PROOF OF THEIR EXPERIMENT--BUT THEY ARE
PROMISING AN INDEPENDENT STUDY WILL SHOW THEY'RE TELLING THE TRUTH.
DREW LEVINSON, CBS NEWS.
))

[5-Iraq-Money]

A Roanoke man who was accused of sending money to Iraq in violation of U.S. law has been released on bond.
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[VO-NAT]
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Malik AlMaliki (ahl-MAH-li-kee) was freed this afternoon, after a U-S Magistrate set bond and his friends helped him raise enough money to secure his release.
AlMaliki has lived in the Roanoke Valley for six years, and says he did not knowingly violate any U.S. laws.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=He's doing nothing more]
((JOHN EDWARDS/ALMALIKI'S ATTORNEY: HE'S DOING NOTHING MORE THAN WHAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE DONE WHO ARE IMMIGRANTS TO THIS COUNTRY, LEGITIMATE IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE TRYING TO HELP THEIR FAMILIES BACK HOME. AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT HE'S BEEN CAUGHT UP IN THIS SITUATION.))
[SUPER=01-John Edwards/Almaliki's Attorney;]
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[OUT Q=caught up in this situation.]
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AlMaliki will face the federal charges in Seattle, where five other defendants were also indicted. We'll hear from AlMaliki tonight on News 7 at Six.

[5-Afton-Crash]

The final report is in on a major pile up earlier this month on Afton Mountain.
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[SUPER=03-Augusta Co./Dec. 13]

The forty car pileup happened on the westbound side of Interstate 64 around one o'clock in the afternoon December 13th.
State Police say heavy fog and sleet were contributing factors.
But troopers say drivers were also going too fast for those weather conditions and therefore are partly to blame for the accident.
However, no one will face charges.
Investigators say there is a lack of sufficient evidence to charge any particular driver.
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[5-Frist-Son]

The eldest son of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is slightly injured after his small plane flipped while taxiing at a Nashville airport.
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19-year old William Harrison Frist Junior was a passenger on the single-engine plane along with his uncle, 55 year old Henry Barfield.
A Nashville police spokesman says the pilot was 22-year-old Lee Cole Barfield, Harrison Frist's first cousin.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=They were actually...]
((LEE BERGERON/NASHVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT; THEY WERE ACTUALLY TAXIING TO A RUNWAY TO TAKE OFF, THE TAXIWAY IS ELEVATED AND IT WAS POOR VISIBILITY. THERE'S A CURVE TO THE LEFT AND THEY ACTUALLY WENT OFF TO THE RIGHT, AND THE PLANE FLIPPED.))
[SUPER=01-Lee Bergeron/Nashville Fire Department; ]
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[OUT Q=and the plane flipped.]
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All three were taken by ambulance to Centennial Medical Center to be checked out, but nobody suffered significant injuries.
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[5-Chechnya-Bombing]

Fears of a rising casualty count following a terrorist attack in Chechnya are being realized.
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[SUPER=03-Grozny, Chechnya;]
At least 46 people were reportedly killed and more than 70 hurt when suicide bombers broke through security in a pair of bomb-filled vehicles.
The bombs exploded at the Chechen government headquarters in the Russian republic.
There's been no claim of responsibility, but Russian officials are blaming Chechen separatists, who have staged violent attacks in
the past.
Recovery workers are still sifting through the wreckage for more victims.
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[5-Portugal-Flood]

Heavy downpours in northern Portugal led to severe flooding.
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Three rivers broke their banks in the neighborhood of Porto.
People were evacuated from their homes as the Duoro River rose at a rate of almost 14 inches per hour.
The flooding has claimed only one life so far a woman died when an uprooted tree fell over her car.
In nearby Miragaia, waters rose to over 19 and a half feet.
The situation is expected to become worse today.
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[5-North-Korea]

The U-N's nuclear agency says its three inspectors in North Korea will stay put even though the North wants them out.
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The director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency also says he expects his people to have the freedom to re-install
seals and cameras that were recently removed from a nuclear site.
Mohamed El Baradei (ehl-bah-RAH'-day) says he got a letter from North Korea demanding ``immediate removal of I-A-E-A inspectors.'' He says to comply would virtually end his agency's ability to monitor the North's nuclear program.
The U-S says North Korea is now reactivating a facility that could create four or five nuclear weapons within months.

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[5-Israeli-Doctors]

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A small group of Israeli doctors make daily mercy missions into Palestinian neighborhoods to treat the sick and wounded.
As Kimberly Dozier reports their work is giving the Arabs a look at the good that can come from the other side.
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[SUPER=03-Tulkarem, West Bank; :00]
[SUPER=01-Dr. Michael Atlas/Physicians for Human Rights; :08 (QUICK)]
[SUPER=01-Kimberly Dozier/CBS News; :40]
[SUPER=01-Dr. Dani Filc/Pediatrician; :46]
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[OUT Q=KD, CBS News, Tulkarem]
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(LOCATOR: TULKAREM, WEST BANK)

These Israeli doctors are crossing an army checkpoint, into dangerous territory Tulkarem on the West Bank.
(SOT Dr. Michael Atlas, Physicians for Human Rights) Tulkarem is under curfew now. The question is, whether well have p
atients there.
Their mission: to show Palestinians theres still hope for peace with the other side.
These Israeli tanks are enforcing a round-the-clock curfew for a reason.
(UPSOT Siren from curfew vehicles)
More than a dozen Palestinian suicide bombers have come from here. But at the hospital, dozens braved the closure. Some haven't been able to see a doctor, in months.
(SOT Dr. Dani Filc, pediatrician)
I dont remember a day with so many serious like today We have three serious neurologic cases, and two cardiac cases.
(STANDUP BRIDGE: KIMBERLY DOZIER REPORTING)
The doctors say while they cant provide follow-up care, theyre here to here to show these Palestinians that some Israelis still see them as people, not just the enemy. It is reaching some.
(SOT Arab man)
Usually we see just soldiers, they come and kill and shoot, and here we have, a special, they are doctors, they are really nice and so kind people.
These doctors believe Israels crackdownsmeant to safeguard their securityare only making matters worse.
(SOT, FILC AGAIN, "Its a way to cope with the feeling of guilt because of the occupation and because of my being Israel
i. (edit 19:19) even though I know its only a drop in the ocean.)
He says, it will take more than one visit, to undo a lifetime learning to hate the other side.
KD, CBS News, Tulkarem))

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[ANCHOR=Shannon]
Still to come on the newscast, adoption numbers in Virginia exceed the state's expectations.
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and what's the best way to keep your skin smooth? Some say a controversial new diet is the answer.
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[5-Adoption-Money]

Virginia's Department of Social Services has been awarded a bonus of 922-thousand dollars for increasing the number of children adopted from state-supervised foster care.
Governor Mark Warner said permanent homes were found for 496 children in the foster care system last year, exceeding state expectations.
The state Department of Social Services oversees the foster care and adoption programs of local departments of social services and
private agencies.
Virginia was one of 23 states to receive a bonus, and received the eighth largest bonus awarded.

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DERMATOLOGIST DR. NICHOLAS PERRICONE HAS OPENED HIS VERY FIRST STORE HERE IN BOSTON..TOUTING HIS LINE OF SKIN CARE PRODUCTS.
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THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLER--THE PERRICONE PRESCRIPTION SAYS SKIN PROBLEMS ARE CAUSED BY CELLULAR INFLAMMATION..AND THAT WE CAN DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE OUR SKIN IN JUST 3 DAYS..BY EATING THE RIGHT FOODS.
SOT:DR. NICHOLAS PERRICONE/DERMATOLOGIST
like salmon..fish contains great protein..contains essential fatty acids like omega threes that are anti=inflammatory a
nd also contains a
substance called dmae which acts as a natural anti=inflammatory .

HIS 3 DAY DIET CONSISTS OF 2 MEALS A DAY OF BROILED SALMON...GREEN SALAD WITH OLIVE OIL AND DESSERT RICH IN ANTI-OXIDANTS SUCH AS CANTALOUPE AND BERRIES. HE SAYS YOU NEED TO STAY AWAY FROM SUGARS AND
STARCHES...
SOT: PERRICONE
"you will see decreased puffiness under the eyes...decreased dark circles..increased radiance of the skin, pour size will appear
smaller...you will lose some fine lines
STANDUP:
IT SEEMS PRETTY SIMPLE..EAT A LOT OF FISH LIKE SALMON --ALONG WITH FOODS RICH IN ANTI-OXIDANTS AND GET YOUNGER LOOKING SKIN. BUT DR. PERRICONE IS NOT WITHOUT HIS CRITICS.
SOT: DR. ARNDT
"I wish it were so true and simple"
DERMATOLOGIST..DR. KENNETH ARNDT IS THE EDITOR OF THE ARCHIVES OF DERMATOLOGY...HE SAYS HE HASNT SEEN ANY DATA SHOWING DIET CAN AFFECT THE SKIN.
SOT: DR. KENNETH ARNDT/SKINCARE PHYSICIANS
"If you had six people who had done nothing but eat salmon for 2 weeks..and six people who eat nothing but sweets and sugars for 2
weeks..and you line them up..and didn't know which was which..i guarantee..you wouldn't see the difference..
DR. PERRICONE HAS A LINE OF VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS AND TOPICALS THAT HE SAYS GIVES YOU EVEN BETTER RESULTS THAN JUST THE DIET. HE APPLIED A CREAM WITH D-M-A-E TO THE RIGHT HALF OF THIS WOMAN'S FACE.....THEN WAITED 15 MINUTES...HE SAYS YOU CAN ALREADY SEE A DIFFERENCE. DR. ARNDT SAYS THERE'S ALSO NO PUBLISHED RESEARCH REGARDING DR. PERRICONE'S CREAMS..BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY DON'T WORK..
SOT: ARNDT
"might help..dont' think it can hurt....are the results worthwhile..let the buyer be wary..
DR. MALLIKA MARSHALL, CBS NEWS. ))
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[ANCHOR=Shannon]
Up ahead on News 7 at 5, a warm up could be in store by the end of the weekend. Leo will have your forecast next.
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and this logger head turtle won't swim to warmer waters this year, rather she'll be travelling by air. We'll explain a little later.
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[Tease#3]

Still ahead on the newscast, the Wahoos and Mountaineers get ready to battle for bragging rights in the Virginias. Steve Mason will have more from Charlotte.
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and most high schools girls are concerned about the color or style of their hair, some some North Carolina teens are thinking of others.
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[Comm 3]

[S5-Bowl]

It's now time for our two minute Sports Ticker. 'Tis the season to go bowling, and
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our Steve Mason is in Charlotte, North Carolina following the Virginia Cavaliers as they get set to battle West Virginia in tomorrow's Continental Tire Bowl. Steve,
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[SUPER=05-Charlotte, NC;]

[5-Radio-station]

Southwest Virginia radio listeners are getting a new sound.
93.5 has traded in Vince Gill for Whitney Houston.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]

Formerly a country music station, WJLM has a new name and a new format.
Sunny 93.5, which plays soft adult contemporary music, debuted yesterday as WSNV.
Station officials say they changed the format in response to listeners' requests.
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[SOT 15:32:55]
[IN Q=THIS IS DEFINITELY]
[SUPER=01-Chris Clendenen/Gen. Mgr., Sunny 93.5]
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[OUT Q=AT THIS POINT.]
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[VO-NAT]

93.5 began as a religious station in 1969 and changed to country in 1980.
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[5-Locks-Love]

Some North Carolina teenagers are giving more than gifts this season.
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[SUPER=03-Raleigh;]
At the request of their friend, Brittany Laughlin, 50-high school girls are chopping off their hair for donation to people who lose their locks to illness.
The program, called Locks of Love, began in 1991 when Brittany's cousin Michael was diagnosed with Leukemia.
Before the disease took his life, chemotherapy took his hair.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=I think it's a really good cause...]
[SUPER=01-Brittany Laughlin/Locks of Love;]
((BRITTANY LAUGHLIN/lOCKS OF LOVE: : I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD CAUSE TO HELP OTHER CHILDREN. I MEAN I HAVE THIS HAIR, IT DOESN'T REALLY SERVE MUCH PURPOSE, BUT IT CAN MEAN A LOT TO SOME LITTLE GIRL OUT THERE WHO DOESN'T HAVE ANY.))
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[OUT Q=who doesn't have any.]
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The cutting takes place in a salon.
Brittany's friends were all perfect candidates.
Locks of love needs a minimum of ten inches, but most of the girls gave more.
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[5-Sea-Turtle]

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A Logger Head turtle is getting some tender loving care at a New England aquarium today.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Boston, MA]
Ursula is a 150 pound turtle who did not migrate to warmer waters before winter set in this year.
She was rescued from a Cape Cod bay earlier this month.
The sea turtle will be given some medical care, and then flown to warm southern waters for the winter.
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